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'''Finite verb''' has a subject, conjugation and tense.

* subject = the actor
* conjugation = the subject-verb match
** ''I am, you are, she does, we do'', etc.
* tense = past, present, future, continuous, etc.
** ''I am going, she had gone, we will go'', etc. 

* finite verbs indicate a specific action or state
* '''non-finite verbs''' do not have a subject, and therefore do not indicate a specific action or state
** infinitives 
*** ''to do, to be, to have'', etc.
*** may act as an adjective or nouon
** participles 
*** past or present participle adjectives (''-ing'' or ''-ed'' verb forms acting as an adjective)
*** gerunds (''-ing'' verb form acting as a noun)
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